Marketing

  • 03 April 2013

    The world's biggest gasket is Italian

    The Italian Oldrati Group has designed and constructed the world's biggest rubber gasket: 22 metres wide, weighing 100 tons, and ensuring a mechanical strength of 37 kg per square centimetre, it will be used for the maintenance of the Guri Dam. The gigantic gasket, made up of various...
  • 03 April 2013

    Moretto surprises the Usa

    Satisfying the most demanding requirements in terms of energy efficiency, Eureka, the Moretto drying system, already had an army of supporters in Europe. Now it has also become big news in the Usa. This completely integrated, modular and intelligent system, has won over a well-known...
  • 29 March 2013

    Lab rotomoulding machine

    A Rotaut RT 1051B machine, in the lab version with bracket arm, digital LPG burner and Omron PLC, was recently installed by Caccia Engineering at the facilities of a Belgian multinational company. The producers of polymers used in rotational moulding machines, like labs and research...
  • 28 March 2013

    The IPS is ready for industrial application

    Launched last year by Sacmi, the IPS (Injection Preform System) machines for the injection moulding of preforms have now completed the debugging phase. Indeed, in March 2012, a 4-cavity model with a 220-ton clamping force was installed at the facilities of Gardaplast...
  • 28 March 2013

    Nine thermoforming machines for the UK food packaging

    Six FC780 E IM2 Speedmaster Plus electric thermoforming machines manufactured by WM Wrapping Machinery - headquartered in Switzerland - were recently purchased by British processor Kobusch (a subsidiary of the US-based Capital Partners Sun company) to produce...
  • 27 March 2013

    US compounds demand

    According to a recent study conducted by Freedonia, US demand for thermoplastic compounds should grow by 5% per year, exceeding 5 million tons by 2017, for a value of 14.3 billion...
  • 27 March 2013

    Forecasts for HDPE

    According to a recent study published by Ceresana, world demand for high-density polyethylene should reach a value of 70 billion dollars in 2019. The highest rate of growth, forecast at...
  • 27 March 2013

    Versalis and Pirelli together for green tyres

    Versalis and Pirelli signed a memorandum of understanding on March 19 to implement a joint research project to develop the use of natural guayule-based rubber for tyre production...
  • 27 March 2013

    Open house for three on PET food packaging

    The BG Plast plant in Marnate (near Varese, Italy) was the venue for a joint open house on March 25-27 with the German company Gneuss and the Swiss company WM Wrapping Machinery...
  • 26 March 2013

    Export drives improvements

    According to the report on the sector’s performance in 2012 issued by Assocomaplast (the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers’ association), the production...
  • 26 March 2013

    Hybrid energy savings

    The IT range of injection moulding machines from Ripress was recently extended with the addition of a new model with a 140-ton clamping force. This joins the existing models which...
  • 25 March 2013

    Die heads for large diameter pipes

    The Venus 3000 and Venus 2000 die heads were developed by Tecnomatic for the high-performance extrusion of pipes with diameter from 710 to 2600 mm. The line configuration...
  • 22 March 2013

    Customised flexographic printing

    Two flexographic printing machines, the 8-colour (gearless) Flexo Marte 1200 and the 6-colour (geared) Flexo Saturno 1200, will be exhibited by BFM at its headquarters in Solbiate Olona...
  • 22 March 2013

    Roundtable on the market surveillance

    On March 20, 2013 in Brussels at the European Parliament the associations Cece, Cecimo, Cema, Fem and Euromap (to which Assocomaplast belongs), representing the...
  • 20 March 2013

    A boost from the automotive industry

    According to a recent study by Research and Markets of Dublin, global demand for plastic components for the automotive industry could amount to 18.9 billion dollars by the end of 2016...
  • 20 March 2013

    The outlook for PS and EPS

    According to a recent survey conducted by British business intelligence provider GBI Research, global demand for PS and EPS is set to increase at an annual rate of 4.7% over the next few...
  • 20 March 2013

    A superhero in search of colour

    To promote the new colour collection developed by its in-house Design Center, Grafe, whose product range includes masterbatches, additives and functional compounds, has created a...
  • 20 March 2013

    Energy-saving tyres thanks to silica

    An investment of 75 million euro has been planned by Solvay for the construction of a new highly dispersible silica (HDS) production plant which will also produce Zeosil Premium, used to...